Located in Palo Alto, CA, the ArtX Hotel is a 66,871 SF, 96 room hotel located on El Camino Real, along Palo Alto’s hotel corridor. The hotel amenities include a kitchen, bar with food service, and exterior courtyard for guests to enjoy. The design accommodates guest rooms with private balconies, along with an underground parking structure. Programmatic spaces are organized efficiently – Level 1 has a porte cochere, lobby, bar, kitchen, exterior courtyard, fitness center and meeting rooms. Levels 2-5 all have guest rooms, including large suites. The hotel balances a neutral palette, with touches of horizontal cedar siding, stucco in tan tones, cool toned metal paneling, an aluminum glazing system, along with playful elements like artistic metal screens, to weave in well with its site context from an aesthetic standpoint. The hotel is shaped like an L, with the lowest point facing the back and the highest facing El Camino Real, commonly known as a commercial street. This general layout helps to reduce noise and visual pollution for the neighboring property in the back. In addition, solar panels on the roof are included in the design to offset energy consumption levels.